No. 15 MSU-Northern women beat UGF for third time this season

GREAT FALLS — Natalee Faupel scored 25 points and pulled down nine rebounds and the MSU-Northern Skylights beat UGF for the third time this season, 81-63.

The Skylights dominated the battle of the boards, out-rebounding UGF 45-31 behind a game high 13 boards from Sierra Richards. Stephanie McDonagh scored 25 points and pulled in seven rebounds to lead the Argos in defeat.

Northern moves to 20-7 overall on the season with a 9-6 mark in Frontier Conference play. UGF loses its ninth straight game to fall to 12-14 (1-14).

Tom Wylie is the sports director for KRTV in Great Falls. He grew up in Bozeman. Tom’s mother would like people to know he was nominated for a 2013 Southeast Emmy award for his work on “WJBF Football Friday Night”. He also won a Georgia Associated Press Award for a story on a South Carolina high school basketball player who was granted a fifth year of eligibility after missing a season due to a cancer diagnosis.